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Recommended UX events and event news sources? [closed]
As ux professionals:
what events do you make a point of attending? (whether for education, networking, etc)
why? (what benefits do you feel you gain)
what is your go-to source for finding out about ...
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A/B Testing. How should it be done?
I just stumbled upon Google Website Optimizer. Is this the way to go?
How do you normaly do A/B tests with your website?
tamimat
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External links: Whether & how to distinguishing them from internal links, and to open them
How do other IAs/UXD's treat external links & what are the perceived pros/cons of different options. Specifically looking for recommendations on:
whether & how to visually distinguish ...
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What should be included in a standard web UX/usability audit and recommendation?
UXers here probably audit existing websites or pieces of software that are already established. Sometimes, we are involved in designing them from the start, but for times when we are not, we just have ...
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What are the best IxD/UI Pattern libraries? [closed]
Quite a few question as about design patterns for x or y interface. Where are the best design pattern libraries?
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How do you ensure that you've covered the whole site in your work?
I'm a relatively recent practitioner, and although my work's quality is pretty good, I still have one big back-draw (in my opinion): I always miss something or two when making or fixing a web site.
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Mashhoor
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What's the definition of "Usability"?
I'm looking for a clear, single-sentence definition of usability.
A short definition of usability would make it much easier to convince people that usability is worth investing in. For example, a ...
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Rookie or Experienced Pro [closed]
I am about to start interviewing for an open UX position. I have a resume of a rookie and a pro. Just wondering your experiences. Go with the rookie? or the Pro?
A rookie I can mold and don't have ...
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UX, IXD audio podcasts to follow [closed]
What audio podcasts would you recommend on usabilty, information architecture, iteraction design?
I listen to these:
Boxes and arrows podcasts
UIE podcasts
Adaptive Path
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Example video of a think-aloud protocol
I'm planning to use the think-aloud protocol for an upcoming usability test. A book chapter on think-aloud suggested that you show the participant an example video of someone thinking aloud. I think ...
Evan Carroll
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Career building: mentoring, volunteering, and/or networking? [closed]
Since there are lots of questions on UXExchange about career choices, I thought I'd pass along this article, Developing a usable career path, by UPA board member, Robert Skrobe. In it, he writes: "...
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Should the UI (or backend) be fixed width or fluid? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
For websites, is it better to have a variable width layout or a fixed width layout?
We are about to rebuild a web based application and currently the UI is fixed width, we've ...
el baby yeh
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Ideal number of candidates for user-testing
I'm creating a draft proposal for some user testing involving several quite basic wireframe prototypes. How many participants would people recommend for this type of exercise?
The intention would be ...
Damian
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How do you persuade an organization to value UX?
UX is such an underrated field in a lot of industries. I wonder how companies consider employing UX designers and even heavily valuing their suggestions. Some big companies happen to see the light and ...
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How the profession handles career-starter questions? [closed]
The "Where should I go to school" question comes up so regularly on IxDA and (already!) on UXExchange, there's clearly a need for this info.
Do educational instututions not answer this need? Do they ...
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How to test user in real situation?
What material and method could I use to record a usability test in real situation?
I have to test some single user of an interface at their office desk, as they normally use it, without constraining ...
Linearis
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Assessing MA programs in US and UK [closed]
I am looking for good MA programs in HCI or Human Factors with HCI in the US or UK. I have found many programs but am finding it difficult to assess how good each program is. Can anyone offer advice ...
Patricia
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Can we apply UX principles to non-computer 'interfaces'?
Is it possible to use UX principles and methods that we use when creating human-computer interfaces when we design other (not related with IT) products or services? Can we improve the interface of a ...
Kostya
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Participant recruitment agencies - recommendations [closed]
Can anyone recommend a good recruitment agency for sourcing participants for UT?
I've used Saros, Criteria and Qualtel recently (London / South East England), they've all been OK, but I thought it'd ...
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What successful/well known companies have a VP UX? [closed]
I want to research companies who value UX so much that they have their own executive arm within the company.
I've found these companies so far:
Wells Fargo
Yahoo
Intuit
Google
TiVo
Palm
Ebay
SAP
I ...
rcmulcrone
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Should alert boxes be avoided at any cost?
Thanks to Gabriel Svennerberg and Sam K for this one - raised in a comment here.
I was fairly casual about alert boxes until a run of user tests where an alert box was put up to warn learners that ...
Andrew Merryweather
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Should "dangerous" buttons be big and red or small and inconspicuous?
In a web app, some people think a "Delete" button should be obvious and bright red, signifying danger. The trouble is that this draws the eye to the button and may make accidental clicks more likely. ...
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Including users with disabilities in user centered design
Many of the methodologies used in the early phases of user centered design, such as card sorting and paper prototyping, are not accessible to people with disabilities. Anybody have any advice on ...
Andi Snow-Weaver
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When to use data driven personas and when to make them up?
I'm studying HCI and the focus for persona creation on my course is resolutely that personas should be derived from user research data. I also attended adaptive path's uxintensive last year and the ...
alison
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When is automated remote usability testing useful?
There seem to be a fair few services these days offering automated remote usability testing, so I'm assuming there are a fair few people using those services, which implies that they ARE useful - ...
Andrew Merryweather
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Is user testing a luxury or a necessity?
I understand that you should be thinking of your users all the time but given the current climate where every pound counts, is user testing just for the richer companies? Should you discount your ...
Alan Tucker
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What book would you recommend as a decent 'intro to UX' aimed at non-practitioners? [closed]
Via @uxbooks on Twitter I often get asked to recommend books on various subjects. Recently I was asked which book I would recommend to a non-practitioner as an intro to UX. I opened the question up ...
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Do you use Personas? [closed]
I wonder how many UX designers user Personas to create design.
Michael Dubakov
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Do we still need text scaling links on websites?
Links/buttons to adjust font size used to be one of the accessibility must-do's but do we still need to include the text scaling links on our sites?
Most modern browsers and operating systems support ...
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What tools (ideally affordable ones) would folks recommend for creating a website wireframe? [closed]
What tools (ideally affordable ones) would folks recommend for creating a
website wireframe? What tools have you used, and did you find them better than pen and paper?
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Is Markdown Friendly Enough for Non-Technical Users?
The Problem
I love using Markdown to write questions, answers, posts, comments, etc. That being said, I am a very technical, detail-oriented, programmer type. However, I am working on a CMS of sorts ...
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Is there ever a good reason to force opening a new browser window?
As a power web user, I know how to use my browser and it drives me nuts when web sites force me to open a new page. My mother, by contrast, just gets confused when this happens. At the end of a web ...
Shermozle
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Is Microsoft's Ribbon UI really that great, from a usability perspective?
The first time I ever used it was at my current job. Among my co-workers, the feelings towards it for usability are mixed.
The other developer doesn't really care one way or the other, as long as the ...
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